A Surge of Prayers /by Jim Wallis/ |
| Published: September 6, 2007, 3:08 pm |
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The great fall debate on Iraq has begun. Several much-anticipated reports on the success of the war (or lack thereof) have started to arrive in the nation's capital, which will be followed by the most contentious of congressional debates. This week, a GAO (Government Accountability Office) report suggested that daily attacks against civilians in Iraq have remained about the same since the Bush administration began its troop surge that added 20,000 more combat troops on the ground. It painted a bleak political and security portrait of the situation in Iraq by concluding that Iraq has met only three of 18 congressionally mandated benchmarks for political and military progress. Another report, by an independent commission, is due out today, and according to news reports, it will say that the Iraqi police are incapable of protecting neighborhoods and that it will be at least 12-18 months before the Iraqi army can maintain the country's security. Anticipating an [ Full article ] |
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